ath9k: use split rx buffers to get rid of order-1 skb allocations

With this change, less CPU time is spent trying to look for consecutive
pages for rx skbs. This also reduces the socket memory required for IP/UDP
reassembly.
Only two buffers per frame are supported. Frames spanning more buffers
will be dropped, but the buffer size is enough to handle the required
AMSDU size.

Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <jouni.malinen@atheros.com>
Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@openwrt.org>
Signed-off-by: John W. Linville <linville@tuxdriver.com>

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c
index 422be2675a06..23c016a81bcf 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/main.c
@@ -1294,6 +1294,11 @@ static void ath9k_stop(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)
         } else
                 sc->rx.rxlink = NULL;
 
+        if (sc->rx.frag) {
+                dev_kfree_skb_any(sc->rx.frag);
+                sc->rx.frag = NULL;
+        }
+
         /* disable HAL and put h/w to sleep */
         ath9k_hw_disable(ah);
         ath9k_hw_configpcipowersave(ah, 1, 1);